Income Management expanded across Perth
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPIncome Management for Child Protection and Voluntary Income Management will be expanded across Perth to help families better manage their budgets to meet the costs…
National Disability Awards 2009 finalists announced
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPToday Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, announced the finalists…
Commencement of rent payment for five year leases
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government holds five year leases over 64 communities in the Northern Territory as a result of the NTER legislation passed by the previous…
Supporting children and families in Western Australia
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth, Kate Ellis,…
Short term accommodation for Alice Springs
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPNew short to medium-term accommodation for Indigenous people in Alice Springs will be delivered by the Australian and Northern Territory Governments to meet the pressing…
Results Roll Out Under Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe first of 510 new housing units to increase the supply of social housing in Tasmania have been completed. The Federal , Tanya Plibersek, and…
Laying the ground work for the Golden Gurus program
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensParliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator Ursula Stephens, this morning launched the Golden Gurus website and invited interested organisations to become…
Launch of the Nepean Regional Taskforce on Homelessness, Penrith NSW
Speech by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP****Check against delivery**** I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Dharrug people, and pay my…
Family Responsibilities Commission reports school attendance increase
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTwo reports tabled today in the Queensland Parliament show positive trends in school attendance in the Cape York Welfare Reform Trial communities. The latest Family…
Speech to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia Housing Forum
Speech by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP*** Check Against Delivery *** I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional owners of this land…
$2 million for Foodbank Australia
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPA major funding boost from the Australian Government will help provide emergency food supplies to almost two million vulnerable Australians. Foodbank Australia will receive $2…
Indigenous remains to be returned from Netherlands
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe remains of five Indigenous Australians will be repatriated from the Netherlands following an historic agreement between the Australian Government and the Leiden University Medical…
Public housing rents and pension increase – 2UE Mornings
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** STEVE PRICE: The Minister who is responsible for the Public Housing and the Rental Assistance in the…
Public housing rents and pension increase – ABC AM
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPTONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government is upset over the levels of some executive salaries but a new dispute over payments has been opened up after…
Housing Ministers’ Conference Communique
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPHousing Ministers met today to progress the significant reform agenda in the delivery of social and affordable housing in Australia. Ministers reported back on progress…
Boost Helps Over 153,000 First Home Owners
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPNew figures show the Rudd Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan continues to support housing sector jobs and first home buyers, with more than 153,000…
78 new affordable rental homes for Bacchus Marsh
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPTanya Plibersek and Federal Member for Ballarat Catherine King today visited the first new home at Bacchus Marsh delivered under the National Rental Affordability Scheme.…
Healing Foundation report
Speech by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** Check Against Delivery *** When the Prime Minister formally apologised to Indigenous Australians he said it gave us the chance to deal with unfinished…
Strong future for the Healing Foundation
Media Release by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPThe Australian Government today welcomed the release of a report on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation. Voices from the campfires: Establishing the…
Pension increases – ABC Tropical Queensland Mornings
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MP*** E & OE – Proof only *** KIM KLEIDON: Some rather exciting news for aged pensioners this week set to receive an increase to…
Figures show NT intervention alive
Transcript by The Hon Jenny Macklin MPIn recent days, the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Tony Abbott, has claimed the Northern Territory Emergency Response has lost momentum. Nothing could be further…
Insight Into Australia’s Domestic Violence Laws
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPSpeaking at the inaugural Ministerial Council on Family Violence, Attorney-General Robert McClelland, and Tanya Plibersek, today launched a valuable report addressing domestic violence and sexual…
Ministers Take Action to Reduce Violence Against Women
Media Release by The Hon Tanya Pibersek MPThe Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, today chaired the inaugural meeting of Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers to develop a joint plan to reduce violence against…
More Funds For Men’s Shed “Great Mates” Project
Media Release by Senator the Hon Ursula StephensMen of Sanctuary Point and the Bay and Basin region in NSW will have increased access to social, mentoring and employment services with $56,064 in…
Strathewen recreation reserve to be rebuilt
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPA new partnership between the Rudd and Brumby governments and the private sector will help transform Strathewen through the redevelopment of Strathewen Recreation Reserve to…